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Protecting the First State

Celebrating more than two decades of working for Delaware’s landscapes, wildlife and people.

Marsh at the Milford Neck Nature Preserve in Delaware

Marsh at the Milford Neck Nature Preserve in Delaware © TNC Staff

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SYO Challenge Launched!

Take the See You Outside Challenge. We've picked 40 activities for you to enjoy outside. So get out there, take a photo and submit it for a chance to win. A $500 gift card is up for grabs!
Teenage LEAF interns from New York participate in an inventory of dragonfly and damselfly populations. © Amy Deputy

Coming Soon to Delaware

This summer we will host Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future, or LEAF, interns interested in pursuing a career in nature. We can’t wait to welcome a new generation of conservationists to the First State!
CJ Walsh prepares for a staff workday at the Conservancy's Milford Neck Nature Preserve in Delaware. © TNC Staff

Dirty Hands for Delaware Staff

Delaware Chapter staff gathered recently to spend a day working in nature! In this blog post, CJ Walsh reflects on the work day at the Milford Neck Nature Preserve and reveals what's special about this place.

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Pickerel Frog © Michael Kensigner/Creative Commons

Ponders Frogs

Meet the frogs heard singing their ode to spring at Delaware's Ponders Tract Trail System this time of year.
A volunteer carefully plants a shortleaf pine seedling. Holes were dug by shovel, but the bare root shortleaf pine seedlings are planted by hand to ensure success. © Brian G. Peters

Restoring Shortleaf Pine

Catch a glimpse of returning a tree species to it's "roots."

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Delaware Bayshores Phenomenon - featuring horseshoe crabs and migratory birds at the shoreline. © The Nature Conservancy

Happening Now!

Check out a video about the annual shorebird migration that occurs each May and June in conjunction with horseshoe crab spawning. It's a natural phenomenon that shouldn't be missed!
The Nature Conservancy and the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery have partnered in raising funds for conservation in Delaware for 7 years as of 2012. © Courtesy/Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Dogfish Dash 2012

The 2012 Dogfish Dash raised $38,500 for The Nature Conservancy's work in Delaware.
Video: Horseshoe crab survey © The Nature Conservancy Delaware

Annual Horseshoe Crab Count

Volunteers count crabs during May and June every year.

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Lion in Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. © Kenneth K. Coe

Close Encounters with Nature

Whether scary or exciting, nature has a way of sneaking up on you. See stories

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Nature Matters

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Coast live oak trees punctuate the prairie grasslands at Chimineas Ranch, a protected wildlife corridor linking the Carrizo Plain National Monument with Los Padres National Forest, located within San Luis Obispo County, California. © Mark Dolyak

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